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JACOB BATES, OF SALINEVILLE, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 62,389, dated February 26, 1867.

IMPROVED MEDICAL COMPOUND.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JACOB BATES, of Salineville, in the county ofGolumbiana, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved MedicalCompound; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full', clear;and exact description of the same, which will enable others skilled inthe art to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to a new and improved medical compoundespecially intended for the cure of coughs, colds, influenza, and otherdiseases of the lungs, which compound consists of the followingingredients mixed together in and about the proportions and in themanner hereinafter stated, Viz: eight pounds elecampane; three poundscomfrey; three pounds spikenard; one pound of hoarhound; half poundladys slipper; four pounds of sugar; one pound of honey; one ounceessence of winter-green. The eleeampane, comfrey, spikenard, ho'arhound,and ladys slipper, are first boiled or steeped, until the strength isremoved, when the honey, sugar, and essence of Winter-green are addedand the compound is ready for use. In lieu of the sugar and honey othersubstances maybe used to sweeten the compound, and also the essence ofWinter-green may be dispensed with and other essences used to impart aflavor thereto.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent The medicalcompound composed of the ingredients herein described, for the purposespecified.

JACOB BATES.

Witnesses:

H. O. Ronms, v RALPH THOMPSON, Jr.

